encyclopedia
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- noun
- /ˌɛn.sɪ.kləˈpoʊ.di.ə/
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enciclopedia
- And I for my first book, I read the Encyclopedia Britannica from A-Z.
- an encyclopedia entry
- an online encyclopedia
- Encyclopedia Britannica
One, we all pretty much know what an encyclopedia entry on, say the Eiffel Tower should be like.
- One, we all pretty much know what an encyclopedia entry on, say the Eiffel Tower should be like.
- Young Musk read the Encyclopedia Britannica.
- So he bought an encyclopedia, an encyclopedia of art, an encyclopedia of health and classic classics from literature.
- So that is Emily Wilde Encyclopedia of Fairies.
- I still have we still have the encyclopedia they call my mother was into it.
- Or you can do it very much like an encyclopedia.
- And that's what I guess YouTube is the new Encyclopedia Britannica.
Examples
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Wow, The Encyclopedia of Cinnamon by Alicia Tella.
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Published by Oxford Reference, this encyclopedia has won many awards, including the 1998 ALA/RUSA Outstanding Reference Source.
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Our next guest grew up reading the encyclopedia for fun.
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These look straight out of an encyclopedia.
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It is, you know, any good encyclopedia would have that term in it.
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Today I want to talk about the online Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences.
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Young Musk read the Encyclopedia Britannica.
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A copy of Hugh Johnson's Pocket Encyclopedia of Wine was sitting out on the kitchen table.
Fiction book (1995) -
We had an encyclopedia.
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Growing up, I often consulted the encyclopedia to learn about different animals and their habitats.
Synonyms
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A book or guide that collects and summarizes important facts about a subject
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A book you use to check facts or information
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A book or set of books with articles about many subjects
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A book that gives basic facts about many subjects like history and science
How Comprehensive
Surface Forms
Morphology
encyclopedia = encyclo + pedia
Although historically analyzable into Greek combining forms, those parts are not productive standalone English words and the compound meaning is not directly derivable by an average B1 learner.
Etymology
Encyclopedia comes from Greek parts enkyklios 'circle' and paideia 'education', so it means a 'circle of learning' or a complete set of knowledge. That's why an encyclopedia is a book or set of books that gives information about many subjects.